Day Seven | Road Back to Dublin
We took the rural route back to Dublin instead of the faster 4-lane “motorway,” as the Irish refer to it. The rolling hills and predominantly agricultural landscape reminded me a […]
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Day Six | The Wilds of Connemara Today was an easy, but long travel day, with lots of beautiful scenery as we drove through what’s known as the wilds of […]
Day Five | The Coast of Clare
We were able to get a later start today since our drive to the coast was not far. Although it was still a little chilly out, the sun was shining […]
Day Four | Road to Ennis
The Dingle Peninsula It looks like the weather is improving and supposedly warmer days are ahead of us. We checked out of our hotel after breakfast and climbed back into […]
Day Three | Ring of Kerry
After breakfast we boarded the van and headed on our way, this time to the Iveragh Peninsula. Our original driver/guide Mick was with us, but because of EU imposed regulations, […]
Day Two | Road to Killarney
After a leisurely breakfast, we loaded into the van and headed out to the town of Killarney , where we will stay for two nights. Our tour guide and driver, […]
Walks in the English Countryside / Moreton-in-Marsh to Lower Slaughter
Today would be the last hike of our “Walks in the English Countryside.” Six of our nine hikers were going on to the Canary Islands for another week of hiking. Because […]
Walks in the English Countryside / Lower Slaughter to Bourton-on-the-Water
Although my friends from Boulder, Colorado had organized a full two weeks of hiking (one week in England and the other in the Canary Islands), I decided to limit my […]
Hiking the Italian Dolomites | San Candido and the Rifugio Baranci
We started this hike not too far from our hotel, taking the train from the nearby station south to the first stop, a trip of about four minutes! At the […]
Hiking the Italian Dolomites | Nemes Alp Walk
For this day’s hike, we walked up to the central bus station and hopped the 446 city bus for a 20-minute ride to Bad Moos/Bagni di Moso, and then jumped onto […]
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